Global Patent Index - EP 1395889 A1

EP 1395889 A1 20040310 - AUTOMATIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION SYSTEM

Title (en)

AUTOMATIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION SYSTEM

Title (de)

AUTOMATISCHES LEISTUNGSFAKTORKORREKTURSYSTEM

Title (fr)

SYSTEME DE CORRECTION DE FACTEUR DE PUISSANCE AUTOMATIQUE

Publication

EP 1395889 A1 20040310 (EN)

Application

EP 02739623 A 20020604

Priority

  • US 0217446 W 20020604
  • US 87469001 A 20010605
  • US 16240602 A 20020604

Abstract (en)

[origin: US6462519B1] An automatic power factor correction system, for an electrical power installation drawing varying levels of reactive power, measures an electrical parameter of the power drawn by a load of a power installation which is capable of indicating a level of reactive power drawn by the load and couples a combination of capacitors to the power line to compensate for the level of reactive power indicated by the electrical parameter measured. A first embodiment of the system is based on a measured level of current and the effect on the measured level of current of adding compensating capacitors of selected capacitances to the power line. A second embodiment of the system is based on a measurement of phase angle of the power drawn and the addition of a calculated combination of capacitors to the power line to compensate for a measured level of reactive power.

IPC 1-7

G05F 1/70

IPC 8 full level

G05F 1/70 (2006.01); H02J 3/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G05F 1/70 (2013.01 - EP US); H02J 3/1828 (2013.01 - EP US); H02J 3/1871 (2013.01 - EP US); Y02E 40/30 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 6462519 B1 20021008; CA 2449792 A1 20021212; CA 2449792 C 20121127; CN 100356284 C 20071219; CN 1533524 A 20040929; EP 1395889 A1 20040310; EP 1395889 A4 20070606; JP 2005502938 A 20050127; WO 02099552 A1 20021212

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 87469001 A 20010605; CA 2449792 A 20020604; CN 02814364 A 20020604; EP 02739623 A 20020604; JP 2003502603 A 20020604; US 0217446 W 20020604